WSPA this Week, April 28-May 1, 2025
SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE K-12 HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE
Election for WSPA President Elect is complete and congratulations to Keri Hutchins of the Mead School District. Next I will send out a link for Treasurer and your region reps will be visiting with you about region reps for the next two year term.
TITLE IX UPDATE:
The U.S. Department of Education released a "Dear Colleague" letter last week that states that the office of Civil Rights will enforce Title IX under the provisions of the 2020 Title IX Rule. This means we look back to our state laws in 2020 related to Title IX. Please check with your districts about related policies and procedures.
What's Happening Now:
- Registration for the following:
- April 30, 2025-Washington Educator Career Fair-Tacoma GTCC (IP)
- May 30, 2025-Legislative Impacts on Bargaining (ZW)
- June 25, 26, 27 (ZW) & July 17 & 18 (IP)-Leavenworth, WA-Conflict Mediation
- July 14-18, 2025 Summer HELP Session (IP)
- July 14-16, 2025 WSPA Certificated Legal Boot Camp (IP)
- July 17-18, 2025 WSPA Classified Boot Camp (IP)
WSPA Retiree Membership: As we approach the end of the school year, we want to extend a special invitation to our members who are retiring this year. Continuing your membership as a Retiree Member allows you to stay connected with the education community and continue benefiting from our resources and support.
We appreciate the years of dedication you have given to education and would be honored to have you remain a part of the WSPA Family. As a Retiree Member, you will enjoy exclusive benefits designed to support you in your next chapter including continued access to private online member directories, receipt of WSPA publications, invitations to regions meetings, member pricing on events, and participation in the WSPA legislative community.
Retiree Membership is $100/year. For WSPA members who have been continuous members for 5 or more years, we would like to extend the offer of complimentary membership for your first year.
For members who are interested, Retiree Membership applications will be available later this spring. If you are already a Retiree Member of WSPA, our membership team will be in touch later this spring to discuss your membership renewal.
To learn more, please visit our website. For questions about membership and transitioning your member status, please contact Kaley VonVolkli.
Thank you for your years of service to public education. We look forward to continuing our journey together.
Membership Renewal: As of today, we are up to 651 members, If you want to get a discount on any of the trainings we offer please join. Please reach out to Kaley VonVolkli (kvonvolkli@wasa-oly.org) to make that happen. Here is a reminder that we are contracting with WASA again to manage our membership roster and payments. Membership for 2025 (September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026) will begin July 1, 2025 when renewal notices will be sent to you and/or your District.
2025-26 Membership Renewals:
Below is information on the renewal process. For questions, please contact Kaley VonVolkli.
July 1, 2025: Renewal Notices sent to districts with a deadline of August 31 to submit any membership changes for the upcoming 2025-26 school year.
*District Membership: Must have at least 10 members renewing or joining for 2025-26 SY to retain District Membership.
*Retiring Members: WSPA offers a retiree membership at $100/year. Please contact Kaley VonVolkli to join as a Retired Member. Eligible retirees may receive first year of retiree membership complimentary. Those with 5+ years of membership are eligible.
August 15, 2025: WSPA begins making the membership changes in our database.
September 30, 2025: Invoices have gone out to districts for the 2024-25 SY. Please make checks payable to:
WSPA's Address:
WSPA
PO BOX 14459
TUMWATER, WA 98511
Please contact Kaley VonVolkli at kvonvolkli@wasa-oly.org with membership and billing question(s). To add new members from your district, please complete a return a membership application to Kaley VonVolkli.
If you are retiring this year, please consider continuing your support of WSPA through a Retiree Membership at $100/year. To join as a Retiree member, please complete and return the membership application to Kaley VonVolkli.
WSPA Leadership 2024-25
Jennifer Koskovich, Director of HR, Federal Way Public Schools, WSPA President:
jkoskovich@fwps.org
Melissa Kreuder,
ESD 112, Vancouver, WA:
melissa.kreuder@esd112.org
Jane Stencel, Director of HR at East Valley SD Spokane; WSPA President 22-23; WSPA Professional Development Coordinator:
stencelj@evsd.org
Tara Santucci, Union Gap School District, WSPA Treasurer: tsantucci@uniongap.org
Traci Cox, Human Resource Coordinator, West Valley (Yakima) School District, WSPA Secretary: coxt@wvsd208.org
Darrell Heisler, Executive Director of WSPA: dheisler@wspa.net
Member Requests this week: No requests this week
Funny of the week: I don't trust stairs. They're always up to something.
SAVE THE DATES! THE TIME TO REGISTER IS NOW FOR THESE TRAININGS/EVENTS.
May 30, 2025-Legislative Impacts on Bargaining (ZW)
June 25, 26, 27 (ZW) & July 17 & 18 (IP)-Leavenworth, WA-Conflict Mediation
July 14-18, 2025 Summer HELP Session (IP)
July 14-16, 2025 WSPA Certificated Legal Boot Camp (IP)
July 17-18, 2025 WSPA Classified Boot Camp (IP)
Have a great week everyone!
Darrell Heisler
WSPA Executive Director
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Unemployment Insurance: Sign up now for upcoming SOC code webinars
Learn more about Standard Occupational Classification codes on May 20 or June 3
Do you have questions about Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes? Sign up for one of our upcoming webinars!
All employers will be required to report SOC codes when they submit their quarterly tax reports starting with their fourth quarter 2022 report. At that time, you could get a penalty for incorrect SOC reporting. Reporting SOC codes is currently optional and is available only to single filers.
Upcoming webinars
If you have questions or want to learn more about using SOC codes, register for one of our free webinars.
During these webinars, we’ll talk about:
- What are SOC codes?
- When are SOC codes mandatory?
- How to look up SOC codes.
- How to add SOC codes with keyed or imported wage data.
Note: We will provide the same information in both webinars. However, questions could vary in each webinar, so you are welcome to sign up for both.
What is SOC?
SOC is a federal coding system that helps government agencies and private businesses compare occupational data.
In 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed a law requiring employers to report SOC codes in their quarterly reports for unemployment insurance.
Other resources on SOC
- Watch this short video.
- Try out the SOC code search tool. Under “Occupation Keyword Search” you can search by keyword, SOC code or industry.
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
2022 Legislative Report
Dan Steele, WASA Assistant Executive Director, Government Relations and WSPA Legislative Liaison has completed a 2022 End of Session Report and you can find it here.
The End of Session Reports includes full details of the 2022 Supplemental Operating Budget and the 2022 Supplemental Capital Budget, along with a comprehensive review of the many education-related bills the Legislature addressed this session.